Paribar
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Anup Sengupta
Produced by	Anup Sengupta Apurba Saha
Starring	Prosenjit Chatterjee Ranjit Mallick Rachana Banerjee Biplab Chatterjee
Music by	Ashok Bhadra
Release date	2004
Country	India
Language	Bengali

Paribar (lit. 'Family') is a 2004 Bengali family drama film directed by Anup Sengupta and produced by Anup Sengupta and Apurba Saha. The film feature actors Prosenjit Chatterjee, Ranjit Mallick and Rachana Banerjee in the lead roles. Ashok Bhadra composed the music for the film.^[1]

Plot

The story of the film revolves around a family, the members of which include Sagar, his parents and his siblings. One of Sagar's hands got paralyzed in an accident, in an attempt to save his mother. He and his younger brother Rahul worked in a factory. Rahul was married to Swapna, who started smuggling the factory goods illegally. When the whole matter came to light, Sagar took the blame on himself, despite knowing the real facts. The only result was Sagar's losing the job. Later, when Sagar went to Rahul for borrowing some money due to his mother's ill health, he was harassed by his brother and an embarrassed Sagar returned empty-handed. Sagar loved Pakhi, but Pakhi's mother opposed their affair. She saw this situation as a golden opportunity to separate the two lovers. She made a deal with Sagar that she would give him the money required for his mother's treatment, but in return, he should forget Pakhi. Meanwhile, Sagar's father stole some money from Rahul without his knowing it, and it only resulted in a series of abuse made by Rahul to Sagar. A this situation, Pakhi and her father stopped a violent clash by saying that Sagar's father had not stolen the money and that, the money was borrowed from them. The film ends as Rahul's father confesses his deeds and all the misunderstandings are mutually solved. The family leads a happy life thereafter.

Cast

• Prosenjit Chatterjee as Sagar
• Ranjit Mallick as Suryakanta Bose, Pakhi's Father
• Rachana Banerjee as Pakhi Bose, Sagar's love interest
• Biplab Chatterjee
• Mrinal Mukherjee as Madan Hazra, manager
• Subhasish Mukherjee as Ratan, Sapna's brother and Sagar's colleague
• Dulal Lahiri as Mangal Chowdhury, Sagar & Rahul's Father
• Anamika Saha as Shanti Chowdhury, Sagar & Rahul's Mother
• Anuradha Ray as Nisha Bose, Pakhi's Mother
• Locket Chatterjee as Sapna, Rahul's Wife
• Raja Chattopadhyay as Rahul
• Piya Sengupta as Manisha
• Ramen Roy Chowdhury

Soundtrack

Ashok Bhadra composed the music for Paribar.^[2][3]

References